DJ Yoda is the latest artist in our How I DJ series, breaking down how he video scratches in his sets.
The UK-based hip-hop innovator gives us an insight into their set-up, consisting of Serato, MixEmergency and Phase DJs alongside Pioneer’s DJMS11 SL.
DJ Yoda dives into how he scratches visually using movie snippets, animations and music videos.
You can catch DJ Yoda across the UK throughout 2026.
How I DJ explores the unique styles of different artists, as they demonstrate their skills and techniques. Breaking down different ways to use a variety of DJ tech, artists give us an insight into their unique approach to DJing.
00:00 – 00:56 Intro
00:56 – 02:12 How To Video Scratch Set-Up
02:12 – 03:00 Influences
03:00 – 04:43 How To Video Scratch Using Movie Samples
05:22 – 06:34 How To Video Scratch Using Animations
07:51 – 11:10 How To Video Scratch Using The Cross Fader
11:10 – 12:53 How To Video Scratch Utilising Ultra Keying
12:53 – 13:52 How To Scratch Using Stems
13:52 – 15:01 Outro
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In 2026, how can you imagine producing information-heavy video content without any option for subtitles?
Yoda the legend!!
How to cut and paste 1 & 2 were great back in the day. It was a great introduction to scratching and beat juggling for those of us who didn’t come at it from an underground hip hop or battle break background.
Very cool! Big up DJ Yoda!
Great video.
You have to make mistakes to be able to learn from them and get better.
Trying to learn something musical (in my opinion), by instructions or tutorials, doesn’t work. You just end up sounding exactly like the person teaching you, so everyone tought by that method sounds exactly the same.
When you forge your own path, you develop your own sound, in a creative and artistic way.
Cool guy and always has been over the many years he’s been doing this. Boring question – are you producing the visuals yourself? What about rights on other people’s stuff like He-man? Guess it’s fine.
2:26, he knows exactly what he is talking about!